A still photograph shows what appears to be North Korea’s new Chollima-1 rocket being launched in Cholsan County, North Korea, May 31, 2023 in this image released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency and taken from video. KCNA via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights
SEOUL, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Both South and North Korea aim to launch their first spy satellites into orbit by the end of the month, entering a race for military capabilities in space.
North Korea has notified Japan it plans to launch a satellite between Wednesday and Dec. 1, after two failed attempts to launch spy satellites earlier this year.
South Korea, meanwhile, plans to send its first domestically developed military reconnaissance satellite into space on Nov. 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Seoul plans to use SpaceX to launch four more spy satellites by 2025, and has test launched its own liquid and solid fuel rockets to launch more civilian and military satellites in the future.
A functioning reconnaissance satellite could give North Korea its first capability to remotely monitor U.S., South Korean, and Japanese troops, while South Korea’s…
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